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<h2 class="sectionedit2"><a name="moving_and_copying" id="moving_and_copying">Moving and copying</a></h2>
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<h3 class="sectionedit3"><a name="moving_objects" id="moving_objects">Moving objects</a></h3>
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There are three main ways to move an object:
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Left-click on an object and drag it.  If it is <a href="geda-gschem_ug-selecting.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-gschem_ug-selecting.html">selected</a>, everything else that is currently selected will be moved with it.</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Select one or more objects and press <kbd>M</kbd> to begin moving, and then left-click to place them in their new position.</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Select one or more objects, and then use <strong>Edit→Move Mode</strong>.  Left click once to begin moving the objects, and again to finish.</div>
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Any nets connected to objects that you are moving will stretch (or “rubberband”) so that they stay connected.  You can turn this behaviour on and off using <strong>Options→Toggle net rubberband</strong>.
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If you hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> while moving, the movement will be constrained to be only horizontal or vertical.
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You can also rotate and mirror objects or groups of objects.
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To rotate the selection 90° anticlockwise around the current position of the mouse pointer, press <kbd>E</kbd><kbd>R</kbd>.  If you are in the process of placing an object on the page (for example, while moving it), you can also rotate by middle-clicking.
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To flip the selection left-to-right around the mouse pointer, press <kbd>E</kbd><kbd>I</kbd>.
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When you have objects selected, you can make a quick copy by pressing <kbd>E</kbd><kbd>C</kbd>, and then left-clicking to place the copied objects.  You can right-click while placing to cancel the copy.  You can also make a quick copy by selecting <strong>Edit→Copy mode</strong> from the menu, in which case you must then left-click to begin copying and again to finish.
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If you need to make more than one copy, you can use <strong>Edit→Multiple Copy Mode</strong>, or press <kbd>E</kbd><kbd>Y</kbd>.  This is like a normal quick copy, except you can left-click multiple times to make several copies of the selection, and right-click to finish copying.
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If you hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> while making quick copies, the copy will be constrained to be in line with the original either horizontally or vertically.
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<h3 class="sectionedit6"><a name="copying_and_pasting_the_clipboard" id="copying_and_pasting_the_clipboard">Copying and pasting the clipboard</a></h3>
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You can copy and paste selected objects using the <em>system clipboard</em>.  To copy the selection to the system clipboard, select <strong>Edit→Copy</strong>, or to remove it from the page and put it in the clipboard, <strong>Edit→Cut</strong>.
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If the clipboard contains gEDA schematic or symbol data, you can place it on the page with <strong>Edit→Paste</strong>.  While placing the clipboard data, you can right-click to cancel.
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<h3 class="sectionedit7"><a name="using_buffers" id="using_buffers">Using buffers</a></h3>
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gschem supports several <em>buffers</em>, which work just like the system clipboard, except they are not accessible to other applications.  You can access them through the <strong>Buffer</strong> menu.
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Buffers can be useful when you have a set of objects that you wish to paste multiple times during an editing session, but not all at once.
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